Anna Colquitt Hunter papers, 1943-1945.
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American Red Cross
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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...
Hunter, Anna Colquitt, 1892-1985
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Anna Colquitt Hunter (also Anna Habersham Colquitt Hunter), widow of George L. C. Hunter, was born in Savannah on January 21, 1892. After the death of her husband she became a reporter on the Savannah Morning News. She was at one time the Society Editor and was Literary Editor at the time of her retirement. In addition to her newspaper work, she is also an artist of note, and was one of the organizers of the Historic Savannah Foundation, Inc. which spearheaded the preservation movement in Savann...
